Clean Technica

Vertical Aerospace Brings Valo to New York, Outlining Plans for Electric Air Taxi Routes

8 min read

Valo makes its U.S. debut as Vertical shares plans for electric air travel routes in and out of Manhattan with Bristow and Skyports Infrastructure The routes would cut multi-hour journeys to minutes by air Valo will be on public display at the Classic Car Club in NYC on 23 January … [continued]

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Clean Technica Climate change Research

Imported Materials Are Manageable, Imported Energy Reprices Economies

11 min read

Europe’s gas crisis in 2022 is often described as a supply shock driven by geopolitics, but that framing misses the core lesson. The crisis was not caused by import dependence in general, nor by shortages of industrial feedstocks. It was caused by reliance on an imported energy carrier that sat … [continued]

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Great Lakes Echo

Invasive species expert teaches volunteers to overcome ‘plant blindness’

6 min read

By Anna Ironside

Caroline Miller is a botanical technologist at Michigan State University’s W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, as well as a master’s student. Her work has made her a driving force behind restoration projects on campus and beyond. From invasive species removal days to a growing movement to replace traditional turf lawns with native landscapes, Miller doesn’t quit.

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London Free Press

Politicians, analysts weigh in on 136-job London auto parts plant’s closing

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Ontario New Democrats say the announced closing of a 136-job auto parts plant “reflects a broader pattern of decline” in Southwestern Ontario’s manufacturing sector as industry analysts and an economic development official tapped the brakes on their reactions. Autoneum, a Swiss firm that makes carpets and wheelhouse liners for vehicles at its Huron Street plant, […]